2016-17 Week 8: Playoffs Next as Leagues Finish
The regular season ends on Friday night and power ratings to determine divisional playoff appointments will follow on Saturday. St. Augustine lost another first-place vote to Torrey Pines in the weekly Union-Tribune poll, but is number one in the present power ratings, with Torrey Pines third. Vista, which hasn’t played the marquee schedules of the […]
Read More1946-47: Cardinals, Hillers Busy Busy Busy
The CIF Southern Section was flourishing with competition. Wartime travel restrictions were a thing of the past. There were games and more games, multiple tournaments, and big crowds. Hoover, 13-6 in 19 games in the 1945-46 season, jumped to 34 games, with a 24-10 record. San Diego High, 19-5 in 24 contests, played 34 and […]
Read More2016-17 Week 7: Here Come the Power Ratings
The invitationals and shootouts are complete, league play is winding down, and the CIF Power Ratings are coming to the forefront. As happened last season and will again, the eight leading teams in the power ratings in the San Diego Section will make for competitive Open Division playoffs. The team that wins the Open Division here likely […]
Read More2017: George Taylor, 80, Cavers’ Hoop Standout
No one scored more than 10 points in a game against George Taylor, whose defensive commitment and offensive playmaking earned the 6-foot San Diego High guard City Prep League player-of-the-year honors in the 1953-54 season. Taylor, who passed in San Diego on Jan. 27 at age 80, was the primary player on the 22-5 team that reached the quarterfinals […]
Read More2016-17 Week 6: St. Augustine Alone at Top
The speed bump Foothills Christian hit against Orange Glen last week was followed by a chassis-rattling pothole in a 20-point blowout by Woodland Hills Taft. The Knights (17-4) need a front-end alignment. They vacated their status as the No. 2 team in the Union-Tribune weekly sportswriters- broadcasters poll after losses of 61-60 and 76-56 to […]
Read More1944-45: Hoover No. 1 twice in Southern California Basketball
It’s a footnote almost forgotten—a rare winning parlay involving a basketball team from San Diego. The Hoover Cardinals were champions of Southern California and center Dick Barnes was player of the year. One feat had been accomplished, but not two, and not in the same season. Barnes, a 6-foot, 5-inch center, and his teammates won […]
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